| Surname: |
Mapes |
| Initials/Name: |
Leslie Arthur George |
| Country of Service: |
UK |
| Rank: |
Lance Corporal |
| Regiment: |
Royal Norfolk Regiment |
| Unit: |
2nd Battalion |
| Service No: |
6013785 |
| Age: |
25 |
| Date of Death |
24/01/1945 |
| How died: |
Killed in Action |
| Awards: |
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| Cemetery: |
Taukkyan War Cemetery |
| Country: |
Myanmar |
| Grave Reference: |
17.H.5 |
| Local Memorials: |
Stock and
Ingatestone War Memorial |
| Address: |
Son of Arthur William Mapes, and of Fanny Amelia Mapes, of Ingatestone |
| CWGC Page: |
Leslie Mapes |
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(should this link fail, search the
CWGC site) |
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Below from John Westwood |
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| Leslie Arthur George
Mapes was a Lance Corporal with the 2nd Batt. Norfolk Regiment. He was killed
24th January 1945 aged 25 and is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery. TAUKKYAN WAR
CEMETERY is the largest of the three war cemeteries in Burma (now Myanmar). It
was begun in 1951 for the reception of graves from four |
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| battlefield
cemeteries at Akyab, Mandalay, Meiktila and Sahmaw which were difficult to
access and could not be maintained. The graves have been grouped together at
Taukkyan to preserve the individuality of these battlefield cemeteries. Because
of prolonged post-war unrest, considerable delay occurred before the Army
Graves Service were able to complete their work, and in the meantime many such
graves had disappeared. |
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| Leslie was
the son of Arthur and Fanny Mapes of Ingatestone. |
| Updated 23.08.2024 |